quote:Man's choice to use shotgun to loosen lug nut turns out bad
A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, sheriff's deputies said.
The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two weeks at his home northwest of Southworth, about 10 miles southwest of Seattle, and had gotten all but one of the lug nuts off the right rear wheel by Saturday afternoon, Kitsap County Deputy Scott Wilson said.
"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said.
From about arm's length, the man fired the shotgun at the wheel and was "peppered" in both legs with buckshot and debris, with some injuries as high as his chin, according to a sheriff's office report.
"Nobody else was there, and he wasn't intoxicated," Wilson said.
Remember, its okay to use a 12 gauge shotgun to remove a stubborn lid from a can of OneShot, but don't use it to remove a lugnut unless you are thoroughly plastered.
-------------------- Frank Smith Frank Smith Signs Albany, NY www.franksmithsigns.com Posts: 807 | From: Albany, NY USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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quote: "Nobody else was there, and he wasn't intoxicated,"
No kidding but obviously he's a mental midget .....and to think this is NEWS. While the dollar continues to plummet, inflation continues to rise and the sky is still falling
quote:Originally posted by William Holohan: Shooting a twelve guage into a semi concave, steel target, he is extremely lucky he didn't remove all the "nuts" within a ten foot radius.
If that had been "down south", he would have prefaced that act of stupidity with "Hold my beer; watch this."
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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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Yep, that's my town. I personally know of a woman who put a dog shock colar on her sons's neck just for fun and,,,,yes,,,she did shock him with it. But it were jus fer fun, he he ha ha!
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3816 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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Ever heard of the Darwin Awards? "The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it..." In other words, these people did something so stupid, they erased (or nearly erased) themselves from the gene pool...
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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On the news today- man in Florida was being chased by the cops after a robbery- the robber went into a pond- the hidden alligator had him for lunch.
-------------------- Balch Signs 1045 Raymond Rd Malta, NY 12020 518 885-9899 signs@balchsigns.com http://www.balchsigns.com Posts: 1700 | From: MaltaNY | Registered: Jan 2000
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Man . . . I can't believe he did that sober. What kind of naturally insane, impatient, angery-control freak do you have be to resort to shooting off a stubborn lug nut??
. . . Betch'a he's single.
LOL Pat . . . just be glad you did'nt spill that paint on . . . . more tenderer schkin . . .
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quote:Originally posted by Patrick Whatley: Like yesterday when I let a giant blob of enamel hit me in the forehead and then thought it would be okay to clean it off with lacquer thinner?
Lacquer thinner absorbs into your skin....not good.
Oilbased enamel? Keep some waterless hand cleaner handy, like "Goop" or "GO-JO", Cleans it off anything and it don't burn.....
-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7404 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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i think we called that kind of stupidity 'natural selection' in biology class, and ricky, that would be why we don't let people from 'down south' into our country with guns
-------------------- Pete Payne Willowlake Design/Canadian Signcrafters Bayfield, ON
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i think we called that kind of stupidity 'natural selection' in biology class, and ricky, that would be why we don't let people from 'down south' into our country with guns
-------------------- Pete Payne Willowlake Design/Canadian Signcrafters Bayfield, ON
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Hell, Ricky, around here it wouldn't have even been news.......ever'day stuff.
I was standing outside a store I was putting a sign up on, talking to the owner a couple weeks ago. Guy came walking up, hand all bandaged. Owner asked the obvious question. He said," Well, I was on my ridin' mower (I thought, oh boy this is gonna be good) yesterday and that damn dog of mine was runnin' loose with his leash on....runnin' all over the yard. So I got the bright idea to reach down and grab his leash the next time he got close to the mower. Then I'd take his butt in the house. Next time he ran past, I reached down and grabbed the leash, about halfway up....just about the same time the end of the leash went under the mower and the blade snatched it, and my hand, under the mower. Took off half my thumb and part of my index finger. Damn dog!!"
I swear....it's true. But it didn't make the news.
-------------------- Dale Feicke Grafix 714 East St. Mendenhall, MS 39114
"I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me." Posts: 2963 | From: Mendenhall, MS | Registered: Apr 1999
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I was in Leadville, Colorado one time and saw a man up in the bucket of a front end loader trying to arc weld an Aluminum sign frame to a steel pole over some gasoline pumps. Sparks and spatters flew everywhere as he blew through stick after stick on his project. Miraculously, he didn't blow up the place. More amazingly, he managed to get the frame to stay up there. I think he used the interlocking slag method of welding.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5089 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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quote: just broken the stud off and driven the thing around with missing lug nuts forever
ya mean,,, you can't do that??
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that sounds worth learning to become expert at- I didn't realise it was taught in college in USA!
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.....and to think this is NEWS. While the dollar continues to plummet, inflation continues to rise and the sky is still falling ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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